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What was true of American Indian tribes under the Indian Appropriations Act?

A
The United States government agreed to sign treaties with all tribes.
B
Tribes were no longer considered to be independent nations.
C
Tribe members were no longer wards of the government.
D
The United States government helped tribes keep their cultural identity.
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Which of the following statements is true?

A
The Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 allowed white settlers to claim tribal lands as homesteaders.
B
The Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 meant that tribes were no longer classified as independent nations.
C
The Indian Appropriations Act of 1885 allowed white settlers to claim tribal lands as homesteaders.
D
The Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 meant that tribes were no longer classified as independent nations.
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Which statement best describes the impact of the discovery of gold on American Indian territory in the 1850s and 1870s?

A
War broke out among American Indian groups when warring chiefs signed new treaties with the government.
B
War broke out when white settlers pressured the government to take the land from American Indians.
C
War broke out among American Indian groups when some groups sold their land to the government.
D
War broke out when white settlers tried to buy land from warring American Indian groups.
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As white settlement increased, the government began to set aside land called _______ for American Indian groups.

A
reservations
B
homesteads
C
plains
D
tribes
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How did the policy of allotment impact American Indians?

A
Many American Indian families received one hundred sixty acres of land to farm.
B
Many American Indian families were never allowed to leave their one hundred sixty acre plot of land.
C
Many American Indian families combined their one hundred sixty acres to farm communally.
D
Many American Indian families traded their one hundred sixty acres to gain wealth.
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As a consequence of the Dawes Act, by 1900, American Indians

A
had gained more land than they held in 1881.
B
had lost half the land they held in 1881.
C
had lost all of the land they held in 1881.
D
had kept all of the land they held in 1881.
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Which of the following best describes the reasons why the Dawes Act was passed?

A
The Dawes Act was passed to make American Indians property owners and to open up more land for white settlers.
B
The Dawes Act was passed to open up more land for American Indians and to provide protection from white settlers.
C
The Dawes Act was passed to take land away from American Indians and to move them to reservations.
D
The Dawes Act was passed to give American Indian families farmland and to end homesteading by white settlers.
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Supporters of the Dawes Act said the act would help American Indians to

A
keep traditions and customs.
B
increase property.
C
educate children.
D
become farmers.
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Which of these events first allowed many more settlers to move west?

A
the completion of the transcontinental railroad.
B
the passing of the Indian Appropriations Act.
C
the defeat of American Indians at the battle at Wounded Knee.
D
the institution of the reservation system.
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Read Mrs. Z. A. Parker’s observations from 1890.[T]hey raised their eyes to heaven, their hands clasped high above their heads, and stood straight and perfectly still, invoking the power of the Great Spirit to allow them to see and talk with their people who had died. . . .They would go as fast as they could, their hands moving from side to side.What is Parker describing in this quotation?

A
the ritualized movements of Sioux Indians during a Ghost Dance ceremony
B
the horrified response of Cheyenne Indians after the Sand Creek Massacre
C
the celebratory reaction to the signing of the Treaty of Fort Laramie
D
the anger and fear of white settlers that began after the Battle of Little Bighorn

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